Window-drier.



No. 730,843. PATENTED JUNE 9, 190a.

J. G. ROSTEK.

WINDOW DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

7a is afforin ey.

iatented .Tune 9, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. ROSTEK, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,843, dated June Application filed September 2,1902. Serial No. 121,903.

To all whom it Wear/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. ROSTEK, of the city of Decatur, county of Macon, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Driers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window-driers in which strips of rubber are pressed against the glass and drawn down the, surface thereof; and the object is to greatly increase the efficiency of such appliances without materially adding to the cost thereof.

The invention is exemplified in the structure hereinafter described, and it is defined in the appended claim.

In the drawings formlng part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the head or operative end of a drier constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the head of the drier. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the head of the drier.

The socket for the pole of the drier is shown at 1, and at 2 is shown a screw projecting beyond the upper end of the socket in axial alinement with the pole. A cross-bar 4 is threaded at its center to receive screw 2, and it has holder-plates 5 on its ends. The holderplates extend upward from the cross-bar f when the pole of the drier is in a vertical position, and they are circularly grooved on opposite sides to receive the rods 8 and the rubber strips 7 encompassing the rods. The rubber strips 7 are folded around the circular rods 8, and metallic strips 6 combine to hold the rubber strips in position to operate prop- (N0 model.)

erly on the glass of the windows. A bearing block 3 bears against metallic strips 6 mid way between the plates 5, and it is pressed against the strips by means of the screw 2. The strips are held against upward motion by the end plates 5, and when the screw 2 is forced against the block 3 the strips are clamped in position. The strips extend obliquely from the axis of the pole in difierent directions, and in operation first one and then the other may be used before cleaning either. One operation cleans and dries both strips, and so time and labor are matertally economized.

The holder-plates may be readily detached from the holder-head when the rubbers become worn and new ones may be substituted.

This obviates the necessity of buying a new drier as soon as the rubbers are worn out and greatly prolongs the life of the device.

I claim In a window-drier, the combination of a holder comprising a cross-bar having slotted end plates, a pair of drying-strips resting in slots in the end plates with their operative edges parallel and diverged, a block bearing against the strips between the end plates and a screw extending through the cross-bar and pressing against the block.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN G. ROSTEK.

Witnesses:

WM. T. CUssINs, L. P. GRAHAM. 

